In the Hamptons, housing inventory is close to static, prices are once again surging and, like aunt Annabel’s olive aspic, many of the properties that were available last season are still hanging around this season.
So, where are the homes designed to stand out now and still look great in 100 years? Do they even know how to build those anymore?
They do, in fact, and a nice little selection of recently developed domains has just hit the market.
South of the highway in Southampton, 134 Herrick Road was completed in 2024, but you’d be forgiven for thinking it was a neighborhood institution. New York architect Douglas C. Wright filled the 7,150-square-foot home with handsome hearths, arched doorways and high moldings, all while preserving the airiness of a contemporary crib.
With six bedrooms, seven full bathrooms, three half bathrooms and a gorgeous pool and pool house, it’s on the market for $17.95 million as a co-listing with Bespoke Real Estate and Sotheby’s.
Over in Amagansett, an identical price tag buys 109 Hand Lane, a roughly 10,000-square-foot, seven-bedroom, seven-bathroom (plus three half baths) home built last year by someone who knows a thing or two about old-school luxury.
Fouad Chartouni, longtime co-owner of the luxe Lowell Hotel on the Upper East Side, is behind the spread, which is decked out with Venetian plaster walls, reclaimed beam ceilings, a limestone fireplace (by renowned British mantelpiece makers Chesneys) and a bath by Victoria + Albert.
“This is not a spec house,” says Douglas Elliman’s Kyle Rosko, who is listing the home. “This was designed for the owner, and he doesn’t do things that aren’t exceptional. It was built at the highest level.”
And because it’s new, it’s loaded with tech, like a closed-loop geothermal system with 20 miles of wiring concealed under the surfaces and Sub-Zero, Miele and Wolf appliances. There’s also a gunite pool and a home theater.
Want to make it a combo? Buyers can also snag the neighboring, gut-renovated four-bedroom home at 103 Hand Lane, created by designer-developer Amalia Graziani.
Get them both for $26.24 million.
But classic doesn’t preclude contemporary, and airy glass boxes don’t have to feel rubber-stamped: 140 Hayground Cove Road in Water Mill is proof.
Developer Joshua Gurwitz tapped architect Gabellini Sheppard (known for his work at Rockefeller Center, Miami hotels and luxury retail flagships around the world) and master builder Mayfair Construction to blend Brazilian modern design with Japanese teahouse aesthetics.
Set on nearly 3 acres and just completed, the 12,900-square-foot spread has seven bedrooms, nine full baths and two half baths.
It was designed as distinct pavilions connected by interior gardens that wrap every space in the home with nature. Amenities include a gym, pool, spa, sunken firepit and tennis court.
It’s asking $65 million with Bespoke Real Estate.
